SASMT Annual Music Competition

Congratulations to our talented senior music students, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ (Grade 9) and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ (Grade 12), for their outstanding performances in the 2024 SASMT Annual Music Competition held in Gqeberha this past weekend.

Liso showcased his skills on Friday, August 23, competing in the High School Music Grade 4 – 6 categories with a captivating rendition of “๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข” by A. Scarlatti.

On Saturday, August 24, Joy took the stage in the High School Music Grade 7 and up category, impressing the audience with her performance of “๐˜“๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ” by C. Debussy. Both learners were evaluated by the esteemed Dr. Mariechen Meyer, a dedicated professional double bassist.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜.

Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, their music educator, remarked on the exceptional way their performances brought together rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, texture, timbre and structure. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.